How to spend your summer in Adelaide

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Best Beer Gardens in Adelaide

Holdfast Hotel
Great for: Glenelg Football Club fans. This friendly bar, beer garden, restaurant and gaming room is across the road from the club house.
Details: 83 Brighton Road, Glenelg. (08) 8295 2051; http://www.theholdy.com.au/

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Best Al Fresco Dining

Regattas Bistro
Great for: Secluded lunches. Adelaide Convention Centre’s refined dining venue is open to the public who don’t seem to take full advantage of the quiet and waterfront location.
Details: North Terrace. (08) 8210 6785; adelaidecc.com.au

The Daniel O’Connell
Great for: Summer lunch. Sit in the shade of this historic peppertree, planted in 1847, and while away the afternoon.
Details: 165 Tynte Street North. (08) 8267 4032

Best Picnic Spots

Mount Lofty Botanic Garden
Great for: Panoramic views of Adelaide from this vantage point just out of the city centre.Details: Summit Road, Crafers.Adelaide Parklands
Great for: Weekday lunches in vast grounds right in the centre of Adelaide. Choose from landscaped gardens, fields and shaded areas.
Details: West Terrace.Elder Park
Great for: Picnics by the lake. Hire a paddleboat or just chill out on the grassy south bank of Torrens Lake.
Details: King William Rd. southaustralia.com/enBotanic Park
Great for: Concerts such as WOMADelaide.
Details: Between the Botanic Gardens and zoo. southaustralia.com/en

Outdoor Markets

Rundle Street Markets
Great for: Handmade local goods from fashion designers, jewelers, milliners and more. The East End of Rundle St is taken over by stalls and buskers.
Details: 9am-4pm Sundays. Rundle St. southaustralia.com

Walking Tracks

River Torrens Linear Park Path
Great for: Families or fitness lovers who want to run, cycle or walk along a 35km path that reaches from the sea to the Adelaide foothills. Don’t do it all at once – unless you’re really fit.
Details: From Henley Beach. www.southaustraliantrails.com

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